#8CA6A6#8CA6A6

#8CA6A6 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.029 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA6A6
RGB	rgb(140, 166, 166)
HSL	hsl(180, 13%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 0%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -8.97, -3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 9.46, 198.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0277 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.029 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3326, 35.6002, 41.2897)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA6A6 #A68C8C

analogous

#8CA699 #8CA6A6 #8C99A6

triadic

#8CA6A6 #A68CA6 #A6A68C

tetradic

#8CA6A6 #998CA6 #A68C8C #99A68C

square

#8CA6A6 #998CA6 #A68C8C #99A68C

split-complementary

#8CA6A6 #A68C99 #A6998C

monochromatic

#506767 #6B8A8A #8CA6A6 #AFC1C1 #D1DBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#8CA6A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#8CA6A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA6A6

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA6A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA6A6	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A3A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca6a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 166, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.029 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec0c0',
    500: '#8ca6a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca6a6;
$custom-light: #aec0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca6a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 12.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70535,
    "c": 0.02888,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA6A6

secondary

#CCC2C2

accent

#7272B6

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA6A6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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